Microsoft is working to commercialize "BitVault," a Microsoft Research technology designed to store large volumes of seldom-changing information--the kind of material that overwhelms enterprises needing to house lots of compliance and reference data. BitVault is Microsoft's code name for a "content-addressable retention platform for large volumes of reference data." BitVault incorporates P2P (peer-to-peer) technology for <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1946224,00.asp?kc=ewnws040506dtx1k0000599">self-managing and self-healing</A> and uses "massively parallel repair" to reduce the vulnerability of data loss, according to a white paper on the project. Much, if not all, of the work on the BitVault strategy and working prototype seems to be coming out of Microsoft Research Asia.
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